Garment hanger



June 8, 1937. M. R; Ross 2, 9 I

GARMENT HANGER Filed Oct; 3, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l Ismaentor attorneys.

Jun 8, 1937. M. R. R055 ,0

GARMENT HANGER Filed Oct. 3, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3nnentor PatentedJune 8, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT at This invention relates to garmenthangers and more particularly to a hanger of the display type which isadapted to support trousers or the like in a manner whereby individualtrousers may be removed from the display rack without removal of thesupporting hanger.

An object of this invention is to provide a display rack for trouserswhich is so constructed that pairs of trousers may be supported from apair of horizontal supporting bars carried by a standard and a pluralityof such horizontal bars may be secured to a suitable standard so that arelatively large quantity of trousers may be supported by this rack insuch a manner that the trousers will not be wrinkled and so that anydesired pair or number of pairs of trousers may be removed from the rackwithout disturbing the other garments.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved clampingmeans in association with a rack for each individual pair of trousers sothat a particular pair of trousers may be quickly removed from theclamping means without removing the supporting means from the displayrack.

A further object of this invention is to provide a spring pressed clampfor the trousers which is so constructed that release of the clamp willpermit the clamp to automatically swing into a clamping position.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a supportingmeans for the trcusers clamp and the trousers which is so constructedthat it will be yieldingly maintained in operative position on thesupporting standard structure in a manner whereby the trousers supportmay be swung through a limited arc and so that the support will notreadily become disengaged from the standard.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be morefully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed outin the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a detail side elevation of a trouser display rackconstructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the rack.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the garment hangers removedfrom the rack.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates generally a pair ofstandards which are disposed in spaced apart relation and which areconnected together by a plurality of horizontally'disposed connectingbars. I I. The standards I 0 each'comprise a vertical post I2 whichextends downwardly through a horizontally disposed basemember I 3 havingdownturned ends I4. The downturned ends I4 have plates I5 securedthereto which are provided with holes It to receivefscrews orxthelikeso-that the standards Ill may be fixed to a floor if desired. Thepost I2 extends through the basebar I3, as at H, and is also providedwith a foot plate 58 having holes I9 to .receive securing elements inthe form of screws. 1 p e The horizontal rack bars I l areprovided along.thefupper sidesthereof with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apartholes 2!} for the purpose integral with the extension 24. and isadaptedto engage'in'a hole 20 of an upper horizontal rack bar I I,a sshown in FigureB. The pair of trousers is adapted to be disposedover'zthis horizontal bar 22, as shown in Figure 3, so that the trouserswill dependingly be supported from the bar 22. A brace or downwardlyextending bar 26 extends downwardly from the outer end of the horizontalbar 22 and is provided with a vertical extension 21 terminating in anoutwardly extending hook 28 which is adapted to engage in a hole 20 of alower bar II.

In order to provide a means whereby the trousers T will not becomedisengaged or disarranged from the supporting bar 22, I have provided areleasable clamping member, generally designated at 29, which is securedto the supporting member 2i. The clamping member 29 comprises a clampingbar 3i] provided with an angulary disposed inner end. portion 3i whichis wrapped spirally about the extension 23, as at 32. This spiralportion 32 comprises a spring, one end 33 of which engages the offsetmember 2 3 and the other end of which is integral with the clamping bar30. The clamping bar 30 is adapted to be disposed in substantiallyparallel relation to the supporting bar 22 and the forward end of thisbar 30 is bent inwardly, as at 3 3, sothat the forward end of theclamping member 29 will extend to the greatest advantage.

to the side of the supporting bar 22 opposite from the bar 39, as shownin Figures 3 and 4.

A locking member 35 is formed integral with the clamping member 29, thelocking member 35 being formed by bending the forward end of the bar 39upwardly in substantially U-shape so that the locking member 35 willnormally extend above the trousers supporting bar 22.' One leg of thelocking member 35 is provided with an extension 36 terminating in a loopor handle 31 which extends outwardly beyond the end of the supportingbar 22 and provides a convenient lever or handle for manipulation of theclamping" member 29.

As shown in Figures 1 and 3, the supporting rack bars [I are so arrangedthat the intermediate bars provide a support for the inner end of thebar 22 of one rack 2| and also provide a support for the lower hookedend 28 of an upper supporting member 2|. In this manner, a relativelylarge number of trousers supporting members may be mounted on a singlerack structure without wrinkling or otherwise disfiguring the trousers,while, at the same time, the trousers mounted in this rack can be viewedor displayed Preferably, the supporting members 2| have the oppositeends 25 and 28 so disposed relative to each other that the bars 22 and26 will be placed under some tension when the supporting member 2| ismounted in a pair of supporting rack bars H.

In the use of this display rack, the bars I I may be made of any desiredlength and threaded or otherwise secured in the vertical posts orstandards l2 in vertically spaced apart relation. The

holes 29 of the bars H are disposed on the upper side of each bar sothat the hook members 25 and 28 may readily engage therein. In order toclamp a pair of trousers on the rack member 2|, the trousers are drapedover the bar 22 after the manner shown in Figure 3. At this time theclamping member 29 may be raised above the bar 22 by initially movingthe bar 39 downwardly a suflicient distance so that the lockingmemberwill clear the bar 22. The bar 39 may then be moved laterally or asshown in Figures 3 and 4, the bar 39 may be moved to the right and thenraised above the bar 22. The bar 22 is slightly longer than the width ofthe trousers when folded so that the locking member 35 will not contactwith the trousers T. Assuming that the trousers T have been draped overthe bar 22 and the clamping member 29 is in a disengaged position, thebar 39 may then be lowered so that the end portion 33 of this spring 32will contact with the extension 24 when the bar 39 is disposed at anangle inclined upwardly to the horizontal so that when the bar 39 isswung downwardly to permit the locking member 35 to engage inside theangle formed by the bar 22 and the bar 26,

- the bar 39 will be tensioned by the spring 32. The

engagement of the locking member 35 with the bar 22 is facilitated bythe sliding contact of the lever extension 36 with the side of the upperend of the bracing bar 26.

In the event it is desired to remove a pair of trousers from the rackstructure without removing the trousers from the supporting member 2this can be accomplished by forcing the hook members 25 and 28 out ofthe holes 29. The supporting member 2| is constructed of relativelyresilient material so that the bar 26 and the bar 22 may be movedrelative to each other sufficiently to accomplish the release of thehook members 25 and 28 without changing the configuration of the bars 22and 26. In order to release a pair of trousers from a supporting member22 without removing the member 2| from the rack, it is only necessary tomove the clamping member 29 downwardly against the tension of the spring22 to a point where the holding member 35 becomes disengaged from thesupporting bar 22 after which the clamping member 29 may be raised to areleased position as hereinbefore described.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in thedetails of construction and design of the above specifically describedembodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope ofthefollowing claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A garment display rack comprising a plurality of vertically spacedapart horizontal supporting bars provided with longitudinally spacedapart holes in the upper surfaces thereof, means for supporting saidbars in spaced apart relation, and a plurality of garment supportingbrackets engaging said bars, said brackets including a substantiallyV-shaped supporting member provided with hooked portions at thedivergent ends thereof, one side of said supporting member beingdisposed in substantially horizontal position, means for offsetting thehooked end of said one side of said supporting member from thelongitudinal axis thereof, a clamping member swingably engaging saidmeans for offsetting said hooked end, and a spring engaging saidclamping member to constantly urge said clamping member in the directionof said one side of said supporting member.

2. A garment display means comprising a supporting means, a garmentsupporting bracket,

means for mounting said bracket on said sup-.-.

porting means, said bracket comprising an elongated horizontallydisposed bar, a clamping member disposed in substantially parallelrelation to said bar, means at the inner end of said clamping member forswingably securing said clamping member to said bar, a spring integralwith the inner end of said clamping member constantly urging saidclamping member in the direction of said bar, an obliquely disposedouter end carried by said clamping member terminating on the side ofsaid bar opposite from said clamping member, an upwardly offset lockingmember carried by said outer end of said clamping member, said lockingmember engaging the outer end of said bar when in locking position tomaintain said clamping member in clamping position, and an outwardlyextending arm carried by said locking member and cooperating therewithto maintain the outer end of the clamping member against lateralmovement in either direction.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a garment supporting bracketcomp-rising a substantially V-shaped member having one side thereofdisposed in horizontal position, means carried by the divergent ends ofsaid member for engage ment with a supporting means to swingably securethe member to said supporting means, an elongated clamping member, alaterally offset portion carried by said horizontal side adjacent thefree end thereof, means carried by said clamping member engaging saidoffset portion to swingably mount said clamping member on saidhorizontal side in a position to dispose said clamping member insubstantially parallel relation to said horizontal side, a springintegral with said clamping member mounting means for constantly urgingsaid clamping member upwardly, an up wardly extending locking membercarried by the outer end of said clamping member and offset laterallytherefrom whereby to engage said horizontal side on the side oppositefrom said clamping member, and an outwardly extending arm carried bysaid locking member engageable with the other side of said V-shapedmember and cooperating with said locking member in maintaining saidclamping member in clamping position.

4. A garment hanging device comprising a support, a garment receivingmember carried by said support, said garment receiving member having anoffset portion engaging with the support, and clamping means cooperatingwith said member to hold the garment thereon having a hinging movementaround the offset portion, and spring means coacting with said offsetportion to yieldably resist the movement of the clamping means intoclamping engagement with a garment on said member, said member andclamping means having cooperating parts for binding the clamping meansin clamping position against a garment on said member.

5. A garment hanger comprising a support, a bar for receiving a garmenthaving an offset end portion engaged with said support, a clampingmember having a hinging movement at one end about the offset portion ofsaid bar and being coiled about the ofiset portion to produce aresilient hinge for normally holding the clamping member away from saidbar, and locking means for binding the clamping member against a garmenton said bar.

6. .A garment hanger comprising a support, a horizontal bar for carryinggarments having a right angular end portion constituting a shank and anoffset end extension substantially parallel with said bar but oflsetlaterally therefrom, said extension having means for engaging with saidsupport, a clamping member of resilient material having one end portionwound in a number of convolutions about said shank and with its terminalend portion engaging said extension whereby to releasably and normallymaintain said clamping member out of clamping engagement with said bar,and a locking member for engaging the free end portion of said clampingmember in resilient tensioned clamping engagement with a garment uponsaid bar.

MALCOLM R. ROSS.

